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Balance of Terror
James Blish · 1967short story
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A Romulan warship testing a new cloaking device slips through the Neutral Zone toward a Federation outpost, and Kirk faces its commander in a tense, submarine-style duel of nerve and strategy, each captain recognizing a disciplined mirror of himself in the enemy he must destroy.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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- Star Trek Original TV Series Adaptations
- contained in Star Trekcollection
- contained in The Classic Episodes 1collection
- contained in The Star Trek Reader IIomnibus